Mqx wrote this. Even though I disagree with parts of it, it was awesome enough that I wanted these words to be mine. It helps me become a better writer, a more attentive debater, and (really) was nice in its critique (except for the part about his friend...that's just cold).
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That's silly. It immediately sweeps aside and makes worthless the millions of women who chose and have chosen being a domestic partner. It devalues the worth and skill involved with raising children and being a "housewife". It insults generation of frontier women who worked their ass off settling the American West. It dismisses the women who view her as a role model, as I mentioned above, as not knowing that they're talking about.
If anything, her choice makes Dorothy even stronger. She had a chance at what some would think is a better life and chose loyalty and home. Family values, if you will.
(As an aside, I ran your comment by my friend, who's both a mild feminist and completely immersed in social work/college/hospital workplace... my true measurement of Political Correctness with a capital PC; and she laughed out loud.)
And, finally, the word misogynistic doesn't even apply here. Misogynist is a hatred of women. Hatred. At best... at very best... you might call Baum sexist or a chauvinist. But even that, I think, is wrong. Opposite, in fact.
If anything, he was quite progressive. A female lead character, a girl queen, the four most powerful characters are witches (two good, two evil). That's pretty amazing for the turn of last century. And that's not even delving into the secondary characters like the Patchwork Girl.
Unlike some of the people on these boards, I'm not about to dismiss you as a dumbass for saying something I don't agree with, so don't think I'm pissed. Just in a world where words are tossed around at the slightest infraction, misogynist is a pretty strong buzz word to start swinging around freely. Especially when you're trying to make a very valid point about how dumb remakes are and the larger issue of creativity being flushed down the tubes.
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That's silly. It immediately sweeps aside and makes worthless the millions of women who chose and have chosen being a domestic partner. It devalues the worth and skill involved with raising children and being a "housewife". It insults generation of frontier women who worked their ass off settling the American West. It dismisses the women who view her as a role model, as I mentioned above, as not knowing that they're talking about.
If anything, her choice makes Dorothy even stronger. She had a chance at what some would think is a better life and chose loyalty and home. Family values, if you will.
(As an aside, I ran your comment by my friend, who's both a mild feminist and completely immersed in social work/college/hospital workplace... my true measurement of Political Correctness with a capital PC; and she laughed out loud.)
And, finally, the word misogynistic doesn't even apply here. Misogynist is a hatred of women. Hatred. At best... at very best... you might call Baum sexist or a chauvinist. But even that, I think, is wrong. Opposite, in fact.
If anything, he was quite progressive. A female lead character, a girl queen, the four most powerful characters are witches (two good, two evil). That's pretty amazing for the turn of last century. And that's not even delving into the secondary characters like the Patchwork Girl.
Unlike some of the people on these boards, I'm not about to dismiss you as a dumbass for saying something I don't agree with, so don't think I'm pissed. Just in a world where words are tossed around at the slightest infraction, misogynist is a pretty strong buzz word to start swinging around freely. Especially when you're trying to make a very valid point about how dumb remakes are and the larger issue of creativity being flushed down the tubes.
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christopher:
and I think I, and everybody, falls into that trap...
katiejane:
nothing to do with this entry- but i wish you were around!